Many people feel like they aren’t making any progress financially. One of the biggest culprits that hinders a person’s ability to achieve financial success is lifestyle inflation. Lifestyle inflation is the process of increasing spending as income goes up.

My friend, Betty, had suffered the loss of her beloved daughter and was in desperate search for something to help heal her broken heart. She spoke to her minister who suggested she volunteer to get her out of her house and help her to think about something else besides her grief.

In my work with hospice over the years I have learned that the mystery of death is always there in the background, an ever-present anxiety that most of the time we effectively deny or push aside in order to live our daily lives.